Middle Country Public Library Podcast

Nicole's talking hot wings and one of her favorite interview shows. Are you interested in making your own wings? Check out Tailgreat : How to Crush it at Tailgating by John Currence, which has a number of hot wing recipes for your next movie night. And speaking of movies...Sara discusses some great books that serve as guides for the movie lover...from horror movies, war movies, and even movies from the 90s. Listen as we randomly pick our next movie chat from Movies of the 90s, edited by Jürgen Müller, another great resource we have here at MCPL!

For this edition of This Week in History, Jim discusses such events as Custer's Last Stand, the building of the Hoover Dam, the introduction of the barcode, the founding of Atari, and of course because this is Civil War buff Jim Ward joining us... the Battle of Gettysburg!

Want to get into more history? Check out our History Bites series on YouTube here: https://tinyurl.com/mcpl-historybites

It's time to DIG DEEPER and READ this summer: Join the Summer Reading Club! In this special episode, Sal chats with librarians from the Youth, Teen, and Adult departments to give you the details on how to sign up for this year's clubs, how it works, and all about the great events you can attend and prizes you can win! For more information or to sign up, visit https://www.mcplibrary.org/summer-reading-club/

Summer is here, and so is our amazing programming that we offer throughout the season. Join Nicole and Sara as they highlight some of the wonderful things MCPL has to offer. If you want to browse our Quarterly online, visit https://www.mcplibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/MCPL_Quarterly.pdf

Next month, our brand new Cafe will open at the Centereach building! Join the podcast team as they chat about all things coffee, plus Sal has a little trivia for Nicole and Sara to drink up.

Sara has some book recommendations for Pride Month that everyone can relate to; Nicole wants to see if you can guess which famous people are actually "real" or "fake" : Mary from Mary Had a Little Lamb...real or made up? What about the Quaker Oats guy? Listen to find out!

Nicole is testing her book horoscopes this month...as we wrap up the month, did your horoscope ring true? Check them out here along with some great book recommendations: https://bookriot.com/may-2023-horoscopes-and-book-recommendations/

Plus, Sara discusses the new DVD list format...there's lots to look forward to next month!

Sal's pick for this Movie Chat is this year's crazy dark comedy/horror flick, Cocaine Bear...a film loosely based on a true story. Directed by Elizabeth Banks, the film stars Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Brooklynn Prince, Christian Convery and the late Ray Liotta.

Find out what happens when a bear gets its nose into many bags of cocaine. Does hilarity ensue? Listen to find out. Have a library card? Reserve a your copy of Cocaine Bear here: http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2111785

Sara has some interesting facts for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and Nicole discusses this past Tuesday's National Fentanyl Awareness Day.

Did you ever wonder if there was a proper way to breathe? It's something you probably don't think about, but Nicole has tips on how we all should be breathing based on one of her favorite podcasters. Sara loves eggs and wants to share information from a Harvard study on the bad rap eggs get, plus some great recipes and a book you can take out from the library. Listen with headphones to get the full "us breathing in your ear" effect. Or maybe not.